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. . . -' ITERATION OF THE MOTION MIS: LEIPZIG/CLAIRE TO SUPPORT THE HUNGER FUND WITH $10,000 FOR THE - FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND A SECOND $10,000 CONTINGENT UPON APPROPRIATE BUDGETING AND REPORTING STANDARDS TO BE ESTABLISHED BY STAFF THE MOTION FAILED ON THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS BUCHAN, CLAIRE AND LEIPZIG NOES: LA BERGE, RUSKIN AND MAYOR HARTNETT MINUTE ORDER NO. 97-101 MIS: CLAIRE/BUCHAN TO ALLOCATE $10,000 TO THE EMERGENCY HUNGER FUND FOR A SIX MONTH PERIOD; A BUDGET WILL BE PREPARED BEFORE ANY FUNDS ARE DISBURSED; AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HOUSING AND HUMAN CONCERNS COMMITTEE THEY WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH ANY FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE SIX MONTH PERIOD IS UP AS TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF REQUIRED Councilman Claire said the motion sets the amount below the $13,000 granted last year and will keep the Fund going. He added that the six months is not a rnagic number, and the HHCC can come back to the Council with a recommendation much sooner than that, as soon as the paperwork is in order. In response to Councilman Ruskin's concems regarding ¡ the Council's ability to fund other projects, Councilman Claire advised that the Council L- could direct staff to take funds from the City's $4.1 million in reserves to fund any project. Mayor Hartnett expressed support for the motion and said it was "important to put it in context of the work of the HHCC. This is a tremendously important Committee for our City, and each of the Committee members does ajob that is above and beyond the call of duty as a number of the speakers have indicated tonight.... The Committee does put applicants through a wringer and does go through the special effort to send people to talk to them each year, to ensure that the programs are really as they were presented, and that they are doing what they say they are doing.... The Committee has demonstrated by its past recommendations, that the Emergency Hunger Fund is an important fund, that it does what it says it does, that it is well worth supporting.... In the environment in which we work, this all volunteer, no staff organization simply has not come up to our standards. They have to come up to our standards in order for us to give them money, and they would have to come up to our standards if they were to get money under this motion. Recognizing the unique circumstances, both historical and current, this would not be considered a precedent setting decision, and it wouldn't be one that would encourage other people who don't get the recommendations that they have asked for from the Committee to appeal to us to overturn Committee decisions. This decision would in fact be consistent with what the Committee would really like to have occur." - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 MAY 19, 1997 MINUTES Page No. 341 PAGE 13